Heartlight (game)
| Heartlight | |
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 First level of Heartlight | |
| Developer(s) | xLand Games |
| Publisher(s) | Epic MegaGames |
| Platform(s) | DOS |
| Release date(s) | |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Distribution | 3½-inch floppy disk |
Heartlight is a puzzle game originally developed by Janusz Pelc for 8-bit Atari in 1990.[1] In 1994, an MS-DOS port (Heartlight PC) was published by Epic MegaGames along with two other games by Janusz Pelc in the Epic Puzzle Pack. The shareware version has 20 levels and the full version (Heartlight Deluxe) has 70 levels. In 2006, Maciej Miąsik, co-author of the DOS version, recompiled it and released it under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 license.[2][3]
Gameplay
The game is set up on a 12x20-square grid with similar game mechanics to Boulder Dash and Supaplex. The object of the game is to help the elf Percival collect all the hearts on each level and get to the exit door. Different objects with unique characteristics aim to make reaching this goal more complex. The game is neither timed nor limited to a certain number of lives. However, there is no Save feature. Objects in the levels include bombs, rocks, and hearts. While hearts are one of the goals, they can also fall on and kill Percival. Bombs blow up when squashed or dropped on a hard surface. Rocks squash Percival and can blow up bombs.
Reception
The game was later released as part of the Epic Puzzle Pack (with Robbo and Electro) which was reviewed in 1994 in Dragon #206 by Sandy Petersen in the "Eye of the Monitor" column. Petersen gave the compilation 3 out of 5 stars.[4]
References
- ↑ program listing in Tajemnice ATARI (Poland). January 1991. Missing or empty
|title=(help) available online - ↑ Classic DOS Games - Heartlight PC page
- ↑ Miasik.net » Moje gry dla każdego
- ↑ Petersen, Sandy (June 1994). "Eye of the Monitor". Dragon (206): 57–60.
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